Boss Audio Systems BR-900CD - Manual (Page 102)

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Mastering
Use the “Mastering Tool Kit” to produce a two-track master
of the bounce tracks with the levels optimized.
* In Mastering mode, the following buttons are disabled after
you set the recording source and destination and return to the
Play screen. In addition, you cannot change the point to which
the insert effects are connected (p. 87).
[INPUT SELECT], [TUNER], [PAN/EQ],
[LOOP EFFECTS], [PITCH CORRECTION],
[PHRASE TRAINER],
[ARRANGE/PATTERN/OFF], [EDIT],
[RHYTHM PAD], [V-TRACK], [DELETE/MUTE]
1. Press [REC MODE] several times until “MASTERING”
is indicated for REC MODE at the left of the screen.
2. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the recording
source V-Track, and then press [ENTER].
The Mastering screen appears in the display.
fig.01-801d
■ : V-Tracks with recorded data.
❐ : V-Tracks without data.
* At this point, the Mastering Tool Kit is automatically selected
as the effect.
3. Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to the
recording-destination V-track and turn the TIME/
VALUE dial to select the V-Track.
fig.01-802d
The REC TRACK button for the track selected as the
recording destination flashes in red.
4. Press [EFFECTS].
The Mastering Tool Kit selection screen appears in the
display.
fig.01-806d
What is Mastering Tool Kit?
When creating an audio CD from your recorded songs,
or recording to an MD or similar media, the overall
volume needs to be restrained, so that even the loudest
portions of the songs are handled appropriately on the
CD or MD. However, this often results in an overall
lowering of the volume, resulting in a CD or MD that
lacks excitement and impact.
Moreover, in the low-frequency range, to which the
human ear is not very sensitive, the sound actually
produced might be perceived as being somewhat low in
volume, even though the meter shows that it’s at the
maximum level. This also makes it difficult to create
powerful sounds.
With the “Mastering Tool Kit,” however, you can
smooth out the differences in volume that occur over the
course of a song, while also correcting the balance in the
low end.
We recommend mastering with the Mastering Tool Kit
in the final stage of creating songs.
* The Mastering Tool Kit features 19 pre-programmed
“Preset Patches” (P01–P19), 19 rewritable “User
Patches” (U01–U19), and 19 “Song Patches,” which are
stored individually for each song (S01–S19).
fig.01-800
“Mastering Tool Kit Patch List” (p. 205)
BR-900CD Memory Card
User
Patch
Song
Song
Patch
Preset
Patch
Recoding source
Recoding-distination
P: Preset / S: Song / U: User
Number Bank Patch Name
Algorithm
Name